Separator for spinning-frames



S. CARD.

SEPARATOR FOR SPINNING FRAMES.

APPLICATION FILED res. 2a. 1920.

1 ,352,657. Patented Sept. 14, 1920.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented se t. 14, 1920.

Application filed February 26, 1920. Serial No. 361,391.

To aZZ whom it may concern Be it known that l, SAMUEL CAB-n, acitin of the United States, residing at East i: evidence, in the county of Providence and State of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Separators for Spii'ining-lhnmes, ct which the folio ing is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to spinning frame for spinning cot-ton or worsted, and particu larly to separators, that is devices designed to be used in connection with the spindles of the spinning frame for the purpose of preventing any ballooning of the yarn.

lhe general object of my invention is to provide a separator of a very simple character which is relatively light, cheap, which will remain the ordinary separators now in use, and which will not impede to great a degree the free movement of the yarn and, therefore, not require so much power to be used in rotating the spindles.

A. further object is to provide a separator CO11iStil1g of a longitudinally extending rod mounted upon the ring rail and moving therewith, which rod is common to a plurality of spindles, this rod being so disposed that the yarn willstrike the rod and thus be prevented from ballooning and the yarns from sticking to each other.

@ther objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, wherein Figure 1 is an elevation of a spinning frame with my separator applied thereto;

Fig. 2 is a section through the spinning frame showing an end view of the separator and its supports.

Referring to these drawings, 10 designates a portion of a spinning frame of any usual.

or suitable construction and having the usual spindles 11 and carrying the usual whirls 12. Mounted to reciprocate vertically is the usual ring rail 13 having large perforations through which the bobbins pass, as usual. All of these parts are of any usual or suitable construction and form no part of my invention.

My improved separator comprises a 101 gitudinally extending rod 14 of relatively small diameter which is mounted upon suitable supports at the ends of, the ring rail. These supports 15, as illustrated, are verc eaner for a longer time than tically slotted, as at 16, and are in the form of posts having their lower ends reduced in diameter and disposed throughshort slots and screw-threaded for the reception of binding nuts 17 ties is screw-threaded, as at-18,' and a pair of binding nuts 19 are disposed on each side of the rod which will clamp against the fiat sides of the supports 16. Thus it will be obvious that the height of the separator 14 may be adjusted to suit the length of the bobbin. The slot 16 extends to a distance of a from the ring rail and upward to a distance of 1} below the top of the upper end of the post or supporting member 15.

In the operation of this device, the separator operates to stop the yarn from ballooning and the yarns from sticking together and, of course, traverses up and down with the ring rail as the bobbin is filling. it operates in the ordinary manner of a eparator, that is the yarn strikes the separator and ballooning is prevented and the yarns are kept from whipping together. As the rod is highly polished, it is obvious that it will exert the least possible friction upon the yarns. There will be no danger of the yarns catching and breaking.

\Vhile I have illustrated a construction which a have found to be thoroughly practical for this purpose, yet it is obvious that many changes might be made in the details of this construction and arrangement of the sorts without departing from the spirit of the invention.

It is to be understood, of course, that I have only illustrated the spinning frame, the spindles, and the ring rail diagrammatically and have not attempted to show these parts in detail, as they are well known and my invention does not relate to the details of construction of these parts.

I claim 1. In a spinning machine, the combination with a series of spindles and a vertically traversing ring rail through which the spindles pass, of a separator comprising a longitudinally extending rod disposed to one side of the spindles and extending parallel to the ring rail, and supports for the rod mounted upon the ring rail and engaging the opposite ends of the rod.

2. In a spinning machine, the combination with a series of spindles and a vertically traversing ring rail through which the spindles pass, of a separator comprising a longi- The rod 1 1 atits e'xtremitudinally extending rod disposed to one side oi? the spindles and extending parallel to the ring rail, and supports for the rod mounted upon the ring rail and engaging the opposite ends of the rods, said supports being vertically slotted and the rod being vertically adjustable in said slot.

3. In a spinning maehine,the combination with a series 01' spindles and a vertically traversing ring rail through which the spindles pass, 01" a separator comprising a longitudinally extending red disposed to one side of the spindles and extending parallel to the ring rail and supports for the rod mounted upon the ring rail and engaging the opposite ends of the rod, said supports being vertically slotted and the rod being screwthreaded at its opposite ends and extending through said slot and provided with clamping nuts on each side of the support Whereby the rod may be held in adjusted positions.

4. The combination with a Verticallymovable ring rail having transverse slots, and spindles passing through apertures in the ring rail, 0i aseparator comprising supports mounted for adjustment in the slots of the ring rail and vertically slotted, and a longitudinally extending rod disposed in said slots of the supports and mounted for vertical adjustment therein.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

SAMUEL CARD. 

